commode

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A chair containing a chamber pot.

   Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves.

2. 2
   noun

   A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

   Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]

3. 3
   noun

   a tall elegant chest of drawers

4. 4
   noun

   a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

5. 5
   noun

   A low chest of drawers on short legs.

6. 6
   noun

   A stand for a washbowl and jug.

7. 7
   noun

   A toilet.

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.